Nehemiah 5:1-5

5:1

great outcry <06818 01419> [a great cry.]

fellow <0251> [their brethren.]

5:2

sons <01121> [We, our sons.]

must obtain grain <01715 03947> [we take up corn.]

5:3

putting up .......... collateral <06148> [mortgaged.]

famine <07458> [because.]

5:4

taxes .... king <04060 04428> [the king's tribute.]

5:5

flesh ... blood <01320> [our flesh.]

found ... necessary to subject .............. subjected to slavery <03533> [we.]

Nehemiah 5:13

5:13

shook out ... garment .......... shake out ....................... shaken out <02684 05287> [I shook my lap.]

So "when the Roman ambassadors entered the senate of Carthage, they had their toga gathered up in their bosom, and said, We carry here peace and war; you may have which you will. The senate answered, You may give which you please. They then shook their toga, and said, We bring you war."--Livy.

God <0430> [So God.]

emptied <07386> [emptied. Heb. empty, or void. Amen.]

praised <01984> [praised.]

people <05971> [the people.]